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2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 4_3_1.1_1Admissions for uncontrolled diabetes without complicationsa per 100,000 population,b age 18 and over, United States, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2008

2008

2007

2005

2004

2000

Population group

Rate

SE

Rate

SE

Rate

SE

Rate

SE

Rate

SE

Total

22.1

1.2

21.1

0.8

20.4

0.8

22.0

0.9

28.1

1.0

Age

18-44

11.8

0.7

11.8

0.5

11.1

0.5

11.5

0.5

15.1

0.7

45-64

29.3

1.8

27.5

1.2

27.0

1.3

28.5

1.2

34.7

1.5

65 and over

41.1

2.0

38.5

1.7

38.1

1.5

43.9

1.9

56.9

2.0

65-69

37.2

2.2

33.3

1.7

33.5

1.8

39.5

2.2

45.9

2.3

70-74

38.6

2.2

39.1

2.4

35.2

2.0

42.1

2.4

54.2

2.5

75-79

45.2

2.8

42.7

2.4

41.4

2.3

45.4

2.5

65.0

2.9

80-84

48.6

3.3

43.5

2.6

45.7

2.6

52.2

2.9

68.7

3.4

85 and over

40.2

2.4

37.5

2.6

39.7

2.6

46.1

3.0

66.0

3.6

Gender

Male

22.4

1.2

22.0

0.9

21.5

0.9

22.0

0.9

28.4

1.1

Female

21.7

1.2

20.2

0.8

19.3

0.8

21.9

0.9

27.7

1.1

Median income of patient's ZIP Code

First quartile (lowest income)

40.7

3.6

37.8

2.2

38.4

2.3

41.3

2.5

57.2

3.1

Second quartile

22.7

1.4

22.5

1.2

20.1

1.1

22.6

1.3

32.0

1.7

Third quartile

15.6

1.3

15.0

1.0

14.5

0.9

14.7

0.9

19.9

1.3

Fourth quartile (highest income)

11.0

1.1

9.4

0.7

10.8

0.8

9.7

0.8

12.0

0.9

Location of patient residence

Large central metropolitan

29.5

3.8

27.3

2.7

25.8

2.6

26.5

2.7

33.5

3.2

Large fringe metropolitan

19.2

2.0

17.6

1.7

16.1

1.4

17.6

1.8

23.0

1.9

Medium metropolitan

16.6

1.8

15.0

1.7

16.0

1.7

15.1

1.8

17.3

2.2

Small metropolitan

16.8

2.2

17.5

2.3

13.7

2.5

19.0

2.5

23.4

3.2

Micropolitan

21.7

1.6

22.8

1.9

23.2

1.8

27.9

2.1

35.6

3.1

Noncore

26.7

2.2

28.2

2.3

31.7

2.6

34.4

2.6

46.8

3.3

Region of inpatient treatment

Northeast

25.2

4.1

23.7

2.6

22.0

2.4

23.6

2.5

29.6

3.4

Midwest

19.2

1.3

21.2

1.5

20.7

1.6

23.4

2.0

27.7

2.3

South

29.1

2.3

25.5

1.4

25.9

1.6

27.6

1.4

35.1

1.5

West

11.1

0.9

11.6

1.0

9.9

0.8

10.1

0.9

15.3

1.1

a. Consistent with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Prevention Quality Indicators (PQI) software, diabetes without complications must be the principal diagnosis and exclusions include transfers from other institutions.

b. Rates are adjusted by age and gender using the total U.S. resident population for 2000 as the U.S. standard population; when reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender only; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age only.